James Barber has suffered with asthma his entire life - having been in and out of hospital as a child.
He describes it as "gasping for air that you just can't get".
People aged between 10 and 24 years old are "more likely to die" from asthma, with UK mortality rates ranking in the bottom out of 19 high-income countries, according to a report by the Nuffield Trust.
James says he wakes up in sweats because he's struggling to breathe.
"It's best described as a tightness in your chest that you can't overcome," he tells Radio 1 Newsbeat.
The 25-year-old says he has trouble scheduling check-ups due to a lack of availability, and believes the UK could do more to help people with asthma.
"Asthma is a life-long health condition," he says.
"Knowing that the UK is one of the worst countries to be dealing with it puts the fear in you."
James, who lives in Manchester, struggled to manage his asthma when he went to university.
"With studies and essays taking precedent, your physical health can often be left by the wayside."
James says it can take two months to get an appointment with his GP, which means problems can get worse, and he has to get an emergency inhaler from a high street shop.
"You don't want to keep putting yourself in that situation."
The exact cause of asthma isn't known, according to the NHS.
People who have asthma have swollen airways that narrow and become clogged with mucus in response to certain triggers.
Triggers can include illnesses like cold or flu, allergies, inhaling smoke, sudden changes in weather, mould or damp, and exercise, among other things.
Someone suffers from a potentially life-threatening asthma attack every 10 seconds, the NHS says, and asthma attacks kill three people in the UK each day.
James thinks doctors need to give asthma sufferers a "better understanding" about what can trigger it.
"Particularly when it comes up to sensitive periods like winter. If you know the cold affects me, check in and make sure everything is OK."
Meg Dupont, 24, found out that she had asthma after suffering an attack as a baby.
She rarely gets attacks now, but experiences an asthmatic feeling, triggered by hay fever, animal allergies and exercise.
"It gets progressively worse for me, because it's not a sudden attack.
"It's hard to describe and the panic is probably the worst, the adrenaline of not being able to breathe."
Meg says that she often forgets to take an inhaler out with her, but even when she remembers there's another problem.
"I haven't seen anyone in public using an inhaler. It sounds ridiculous but it puts me off using mine in public. I've been on the tube and thought, 'I don't want to draw attention to myself, I'm going to get off and use it when I'm walking'."
Juliette Rowsell was diagnosed with asthma at 15 when she had a life-threatening attack.
The 21-year-old Cardiff University student is allergic to dust and mould and finds student housing uncomfortable to live in - after moving into her house in second year and finding she couldn't breathe she needed an emergency doctor's appointment.
"I always have problems when I move into a new home and have an adjustment period when my body just gets used to the house.
"I keep waking up in the night, needing my inhaler, and have an air humidifier which I have to sleep with it on quite a lot of the time."
Juliette says the latest statistics "hammer it home" that asthma can be really serious.
Dr Andy Whittamore, a GP based in Portsmouth, tells Newsbeat that additional statistics from Asthma UK suggest two thirds of 18 to 29-year-olds are not getting the care required to protect themselves from life-treating attacks.
He thinks the NHS needs to communicate better with people suffering from asthma, and that technology can help with that.
"The NHS is talking a lot at the moment about improving technology and digital care for people and I think asthma can be at the centre of that.
"Even just simple things like collecting the right data so we know who's had an asthma attack and when, we know who needs follow-ups from these events but also communicating to people to actually remind them of appointments and things like that."


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By Steven Khraiss
A Father's Plea Leads To Worldwide Support
Four-year-old Khushbakht of Pakistan underwent her first successful bladder exstrophy repair and pelvic osteotomy in Doha, Qatar. Her journey to effective treatment was prompted by a heartfelt plea from her father to A-BE-C, which lead to worldwide support.
"We are so thankful to A-BE-C for all the support you have given our family. From the day you considered my request, there was a ray of hope in our lives that we will see our daughter healthy and fit like other children." — Qaisar and Temheed, Khoshbakht's father and mother
Qaisar Kalam, the father of a little year girl named Khushbakht, from Northwest Pakistan, will never forget the moment shortly after his second daughter's birth when the doctor told him about her very severe congenital condition. She was born with bladder exstrophy.
As a father, Qaisar's emotions tormented him. He was joyous for the birth of his daughter but worried and confused about how to care for her. After an initial failed attempt by local doctors to cover her bladder, Khushbakht's parents soon realized she needed to be treated by very skilled hands, a surgeon experienced to perform such complex surgeries.
Search For Treatment And Failed Surgeries
Qaisar and his family live in a very remote part of Pakistan where healthcare facilities are not equipped to handle rare and complex conditions like bladder exstrophy. During the next two years, Qaisar left his wife and older daughter in their remote village, traveling throughout Pakistan and even to Dubai, United Arab Emirates in search of a doctor who could help them. When Khushbakht was about 2 years old, a doctor in Dubai once again attempted to repair her bladder. When the second surgery failed, the couple was devastated. But Qaisar refused to give up. He took his daughter to several more hospitals. Each time they were told that Khushbakht would need a series of complex surgeries but offered little hope of finding a pediatric urologist in their part of the world with the experience needed to treat her.
A Father's Heartfelt Plea To A-BE-C
In December of 2014, Qaisar reached out to A-BE-C for help. By this time, Khushbakht's bladder had been exposed for almost three years and she was now suffering from serious infections and rashes. She was living in constant pain and not even able to sleep at night. "Qaisar pleaded with me to help him find some way to help his little girl," said Pamela Block, executive director of A-BE-C. "He and his wife worried day and night about her condition, her future and the challenges that lie ahead for her. I receive several similar requests a month, but I could not stop thinking about this little girl's suffering and her parents anguish. I was determined to figure out a way A-BE-C could help this family on the other side the world give their daughter the treatment and care she needs and deserves."
A Surgeon's Commitment And Worldwide Coordination
Dr. J.L. Pippi Salle, MD, PhD, FAAP, FRCSC, a world-renowned expert in bladder exstrophy and other complex urological conditions consulted with A-BE-C about Khushbakht's condition and together they devised a solution. A-BE-C secured funding from the Qatar Foundation's Chain of Hope to cover all hospital and travel expenses and arranged to bring Khushbakht to Doha, Qatar where Dr. Salle recently took the position of Division Chief of Urology, Department of Surgery at Sidra Medical and Research Center. Dr. Salle generously donated his services.
After months of preparations and paperwork, the family was given permission to travel to Doha for Khushbakht's big surgery. On August 4, 2015, Dr. Salle, with the support of Dr. Jason Howard, Chief of Pediatric Orthopedics at Sidra Hospital and Dr. Prakash Mandham, Pediatric Urologist at Hamad Hospital, performed a complete exstrophy repair and pelvic osteotomy. Both Dr. Salle and Qaisar kept in close contact with A-BE-C during her surgery and month long hospital stay, sharing updates and photos.
Khushbakht's external fixators were removed in September and, other than a few bladder spams, she is healing well and doing fine. But a successful surgery is just the beginning. Qaisar and his family are now adjusting to Khushbakht's new life-long catheterization journey and enjoying being together again as a family.
Tags: bladder exstrophy
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Roush-Fenway Racing's Jamie McMurray took his third career win in a race at Talladega that frequently threatened to turn to farce.
The drivers of the NASCAR Sprint Cup series had already seen the horsepower limiting restrictor plate they were to use that mammoth 2.66mile track changed to further slow the pace. Then on the day of the race, after all the practice sessions had been run NASCAR added another rule.
That removed the tactic that was so crucial to the end of the Spring race, two cars no longer allowed to draft so closely that they gain a massive advantage.
Helton's warning seemed to cast a shadow over the race. After an early caution for an accident involving Paul Menard and Joe Nemechek, when Menard blew a tyre, it became clear this was not a normal Talladega race, or even a normal Restrictor Plate race.
Gone were the three, of four wide packs of drafting cars shuffling back and fourth as drivers appeared contented to follow each other in a long, and very fast, train. Perhaps they were doing it on protest, perhaps they were doing it to find out exactly how much pushing, bumping and shoving they could get away with (there was plenty throughout the race, and as yet, no official penalties).
The drivers knew it was boring, several complained of boredom in the their cars Kevin Harvick, while leading the snake was jokingly offered an Ipod by his crew.
The monotony brought a rare sight to the high banks of the Alabama track – not one but two rounds of green flag pitstops, either side of the day's second caution period as Kurt Busch blew a tyre and span through the tri-oval infield.
In fact much of the most interesting action was happening as drivers dropped out of the draft and tried to slow down in time for the pit lane. Several drivers narrowly avoided running into each other, while A.J. Allmendinger was not so lucky, Clint Bowyer spinning the RPM driver around.
The second, third and fourth cautions, for Kurt Busch's spin, debris and for the smoky expiration of Denny Hamlin's engine, were all followed by brief periods of the more familiar plate racing – the race still saw a commendable 58 lead changes – but all too soon the drivers dropped back line astern, frightened of NASCAR's wrath for over aggressive driving and of posing positions by dropping out of line to attempt a pass.
It soon became clear that many were leaving any charge to the front for late in the race, twenty or thirty laps to go. Both Stewart-Haas cars and Jimmie Johnson had spent much of the race outside those fighting for the lead, but all were planning charges.
That made it all the more worrying when, with twenty laps remaining the entire lead pack was still in a single file line, running high on the race track.
However, slowly, the race began to expand a second drafting line, a third, occasionally a sign of an embryonic fourth.
This was the racing everyone expected, and soon it had the consequences everyone expected and feared.
With only four laps to go the highest drafting line appeared to concertina (perhaps drivers ahead lifting off to avoid penalty). Ryan Newman ran into the back of Tony Stewart, the latter swerving into the wall. Newman in turn was hit by Marcos Ambrose behind him, and the pair, along with Kevin Harvick and Elliott Sadler, an early threat for victory in his new Ford, span into the infield heading for turn 3.
Slowly, lazily, the rear of Newman's No.39 lifted off the ground, flipping onto its roof, and landing on the bonnet of Harvick's car. The Army sponsored car then slid, still inverted up the banking, hitting the wall, before sliding back down into the turn 3 grass for a final violent flip and coming to rest upside down.
There were several nervous minutes before there was radio communication from the driver confirming he was OK, and even after safety teams had righted the car hydraulic cutters were needed to free Newman from the crushed rollcage, from whence he emerged straight up, like a jack in the box.
The red flag that had been put out after the crash, left a green-white-checkered finish, but this itself was delayed as several drivers, including Jeff Gordon, Juan Montoya and Max Papis found their cars running out of fuel, as many driver needed to pit of a splash of fuel to make it through NASCAR's version of US sports overtime.
When the green flag finally flew once more McMurray led from Brian Vickers, the Toyota Camry driver briefly challenging for the lead as the field accelerated, but he fell back as the lower lane of McMurray, followed by Kasey Kahne and Joey Logano pushed past.
As the leaders entered the tri-oval ahead of taking the white flag, there was another 'Big One' taking place behind. Brad Keselowski, the Spring race winner, bumped Kurt Busch on the straight sending Busch left into traffic. He clipped Scott Speed, whose car looked set to roll as the right hand tyre flirted with lifting off the track.
As panic set in behind Martin Truex was sent cannoning into the outside wall, before spinning back into traffic, spearing Mark Martin in the right rear quarter panel and sending the No.5 car rolling once before settling back onto its wheels and into the tri-oval wall. In total 13 cars were involved in the accident, which saw the race end under caution, with McMurray taking his first win since Daytona's July date in 2007, followed (unofficially) by Kahne, Logano and Greg Biffle.
Jimmie Johnson, despite leaving his move to the front until only ten laps to go, finished sixth, helped by the misfortune of those ahead of him, extending his lead to 184 points, with Mark Martin still second.


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Faces of the Folds
Foam Surreal
About John Micheals
John is a retired New York City art teacher. He received his BA in Art in 1968 and his MS in Elementary Education in 1971, both from the City College of New York. In 1998, he received a Certificate in Photography from Nassau Community College.
For the past several years, his work has been in numerous Long Island juried exhibits (in alphabetical order): African American Museum, Barnes Gallery,
BJ Spoke Gallery, Freeport Memorial Library, Hewlett-Woodmere Library, Long
Island Arts Council (including Best in Show, 1998 and 2009, followed by two
solo shows), Long Island Museum (Best in Show 2011), Manhasset Library,
Merrick Library, Molloy College Art Gallery, My Studio, Shelter Rock Gallery,
and the Smithtown Township Council. John was also invited to have a solo show at 4th Avenue Studio and Gallery in Delray Beach, Florida.
John's images have appeared in the Best of College Photography in 1997, 1998 and 1999. On two separate occasions, his award winning images were reviewed in the New York Times (April 12, 1998 and January 30, 2000).
He has had an image published in Paumanok II, an anthology of poetry and
photography about Long island. He also donated images to The Retreat, a not-for-profit organization devoted to the prevention of domestic violence and to Connected Warriors, an organization that provides wellness programs for
military veterans. John was invited to exhibit his images at Lord & Taylor
in Huntington, NY.
John is former President of the Long Island Center of Photography (LICP)
and an active member of the Long Island Photo Gallery.


Johnny Pesky has become a Red Sox legend not so much for his eight years playing for the club, but for his lifetime association with the franchise as one of its most beloved figures.
Pesky, whose No. 6 was retired in 2008, served as a player, coach, manager, broadcaster, special advisor and goodwill ambassador for the Red Sox, with whom he started in 1942.
Pesky was a fixture at spring training, where he liked to work with young players. Here, he chatted with Nomar Garciaparra in 1995.
Pesky became a favorite of players and fans alike. He drew mobs of fans seeking his autograph at spring training in 2006.
Pesky, right, with Ted Williams, left the Red Sox after his rookie season to spend three seasons in military service. He returned in 1946 and led the team in hits in his first three campaigns.
Pesky, left, maintained a lifelong friendship with Williams, and mourned him at the 2002 service the Red Sox held marking the left fielder's death. With Pesky were Dominic DiMaggio, center, and former broadcaster Curt Gowdy.
For generations of Red Sox players, Pesky was a source of baseball knowledge. Here, Manny Ramirez gave Pesky a bear hug at spring training in 2002.
Pesky regularly dispensed hitting advice, sometimes to players who would go on to become Hall of Famers, such as Jim Rice.
In 1995 and 1996, Red Sox manager Kevin Kennedy, left, often called on Pesky for advice.
Pesky served as an advisor in the dugout to Red Sox coaches and players, including Roger Clemens, for many years.
Working out with Pesky became a rite of passage for Red Sox players, and Jose Offerman took ground balls from Pesky on his first day with the Red Sox in 1999.
Pesky, center, helped continue a tradition of longtime Red Sox coaches such as Eddie Popowski, left, and Charlie Wagner (shown in 1997) becoming fixtures at spring training.
Curt Schilling spent time conferring with Pesky in 2004, his first spring training after being acquired from Arizona.
Pesky has hit thousands of fungoes to Red Sox players at Fenway Park over his decades of service to the franchise.
In April 2005, Red Sox owners bestowed a World Series ring on Pesky after the team ended its 86-year title drought.
Later that year, Pesky lost his wife of 60 years, Ruth. "She was a hell of a gal," he said of her.
In 2006, as the Red Sox celebrated Pesky's 87th birthday, they officially named the right field foul marker "Pesky's Pole."
Pesky, whom the Fenway Park crowd always seemed to love to salute, became a fixture at special occasions like Opening Day in the 2000s.
Pesky, with fellow Red Sox legend Dwight Evans, was one of the team's honored guests at Fenway Park's 100th anniversary in April 2012.
Pesky played for three teams, including the Tigers and Senators, and was once fired as the Red Sox manager. But he'll likely forever be linked as one of the faces of the Red Sox franchise.


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Executive Committee (EXCM)
Bylaws: Article III, Section 8Rules: 3.4
Committee Keywords: EXCM, Excom
Executive Committee [Status]
Cynthia McCollough
M. Saiful Huq, PhD
1/1/2019 - 12/31/2019 President-Elect
Mahadevappa Mahesh, PhD, MS
1/1/2016 - 12/31/2021 Treasurer
Cynthia H. McCollough, PhD
1/1/2019 - 12/31/2019 President
Susan L. Richardson, PhD
1/1/2018 - 12/31/2020 Secretary
Bruce R. Thomadsen, PhD
1/1/2019 - 12/31/2019 Chair of the Board
James T. Dobbins III, PhD
7/12/2019 - 12/31/2019 President-Elect Designate (ex officio, nonvoting)
Angela R. Keyser
1/1/2004 - 12/31/2037 Member - AAPM Staff - Executive Director (ex officio, nonvoting)
the individuals listed below report to, but are not necessarily members of, this committee as individual appointments
Mihailidis, Dimitris N. Ph.D. - [conflict of interest information] [Individual appointment reports summary]
1/1/2017-12/31/2019 Board Member, American Board of Medical Physics
McCollough, Cynthia H. - [conflict of interest information] [Individual appointment reports summary]
1/1/2019-12/31/2019 Liaison, Society of Chairs of Academic Radiology Department
Thomas, Stephen R. - [conflict of interest information] [Individual appointment reports summary]
1/1/2014-12/31/2019 Representative, Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs (CAMPEP)
Reeve, Donna M. - [conflict of interest information] [Individual appointment reports summary]
Schueler, Beth A. - [conflict of interest information] [Individual appointment reports summary]
Curran, Bruce H. - [conflict of interest information] [Individual appointment reports summary]
1/1/2016-12/31/2019 Liaison, Society of Chairs of Academic Radiation Oncology Programs (SCAROP)
1/1/2019-12/31/2020 Imaging Communications Network Representative, American College of Radiology
Blankenship, Bette W. - [conflict of interest information] [Individual appointment reports summary]
Mahesh, Mahadevappa - [conflict of interest information] [Individual appointment reports summary]
1/1/2016-12/31/2019 Liaison Committee of Society Treasurers, American Institute of Physics
Podgorsak, Matthew B. - [conflict of interest information] [Individual appointment reports summary]
1/21/2017-12/31/2021 Physics Trustee - Elected by the ABR, American Board of Radiology
Allison, Jerry D. - [conflict of interest information] [Individual appointment reports summary]
1/1/2012-10/30/2019 Physics Trustee - Elected by the ABR, American Board of Radiology
Kanal, Kalpana M. - [conflict of interest information] [Individual appointment reports summary]
10/10/2017-12/31/2019 Physics Trustee - Elected by the ABR, American Board of Radiology


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Wintertime book season puzzle
Below are six newly released books that have piqued our interest, followed by passages from each of them. Match the title to the prose!
First ladies with a Potomac passion
Amy Bloom's "White Houses" (Random House) is a novel based on the historical record.
Father time
Patrick Nathan's debut novel "Some Hell" (Graywolf Press) had me holding my breath to new limits.
Iconic identity
In this updated version of local chanteuse Bambi Lake's memoir, there are more photographs and commentary, but the core of the book remains a testament to the flamboyant, adventurous life of a unique and talented performer.
Beach reading
San Francisco author Lewis DeSimone's third novel "Channeling Morgan" takes readers into the mindset of a gay writer who discovers his "truth" in several different ways.
Your 2018 Winter Reading List
Readers should consider themselves lucky that gay writer and photographer Bill Hayes has two books for them to enjoy.
Time travel through Hollywood
by Tavo Amador
Critic John DiLeo's "Ten Movies at a Time: A 350-Film Journey Through Hollywood and America 1930-1970" (Hansen Publishing Group, $29.95) is a distinctive addition to the crowded field of film history.
Margaret Millar rediscovered
Out of the past now comes Canadian mystery writer Margaret Millar in a multiple omnibus edition, the seven-volume "Collected Millar" (Syndicate Press, $99.99).
Fran Lebowitz explains it all for you
by Sari Staver
We called author Fran Lebowitz at her New York City apartment to get a preview of her upcoming appearance at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre this month.
Dramatic diva
Outspoken, versatile, iconic actress and comedienne Jenifer Lewis' new memoir "The Mother of Black Hollywood" is a revealing tell-all that spares no detail of the Hollywood scene-stealer's life.
Books incoming
Here are some books that we're looking forward to reading, assigning to review, or both this coming year.
Collective liberation awaits
The wisdom of "Awakening Together" is contained in its title, namely that any liberation we experience cannot be fully expressed alone.
Light brushstrokes in India ink
Novelist Neel Mukherjee gathers in the distressed, the displaced, and holds them close in his new novel "A State of Freedom" (W.W. Norton & Company).
Jerry Oppenheimer flashes his laser pointer across the throne of the Kardashian dynasty and lets the glitter fall where it may in "The Kardashians: An American Drama."


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Frans van Schooten (o van Schoten o Verschooten) va ser un matemàtic holandès del . Se'l coneix normalment com el Jove o Jr, per diferenciar-lo del seu pare, també matemàtic.

Vida
El seu pare, del mateix nom, era professor de l'Escola d'Enginyeria de la Universitat de Leiden, on el mateix havia estudiat sota Ludolph van Ceulen. Aquesta escola havia estat fundada pel brugenc Simon Stevin el 1600 i gaudia de gran prestigi. Entre els seus professors ha hagut Rudolph Snel, Ludolph van Ceulen, Willebrord Snell i Jacob Gool (Jacobus Golius).

És normal, doncs, que Schooten Jr. ingressés en aquesta universitat l'any 1631. Ja l'any 1632, va ser presentat a Descartes pel seu professor Jacob Gool. Aquesta influència serà perdurable en la vida de van Schooten. Entre 1641 i 1643 va viatjar per França, Anglaterra i Irlanda, coneixent Marin Mersenne a París i estudiant les obres de Viète i Fermat. El 1645 va substituir el seu pare en el càrrec de professor de matemàtiques de l'escola d'enginyeria de la universitat.

Obra

Van Schooten és conegut sobretot com a difusor de l'obra de Descartes. En traduir La Geomètrie al llatí el 1649, en va facilitar la difusió per tot Europa. Va ampliar l'edició que amb comentaris propis i dels seus deixebles el 1659-1661.

El 1656-1657 publica el seu llibre més important: Exercitationum Mathematicarum libri quinque, que és una ampla col·lecció de problemes. Com apèndix d'aquest llibre, van Schooten va incloure un treball de Huygens: De ratiociniis in aleae ludo que és un pas important en el desenvolupament de la teoria de la probabilitat.

Referències

Bibliografia

Enllaços externs

 , J.E. Schooten, Frans van. Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. Consulta 5 abril 2014.
 , The Galileo Project, Richard Westfall.
 , Mathematics Genealogy Project.

Persones de Leiden
Professors de la Universitat de Leiden
Alumnes de la Universitat de Leiden
Morts a Leiden
Matemàtics neerlandesos
Científics d'Holanda Meridional

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Treliving signs multiyear extension to remain Flames GM
Calgary coming off second-best season in its history
by NHL.com @NHLdotcom
Brad Treliving signed a multiyear contract extension Thursday to remain general manager of the Calgary Flames. No other details were disclosed.
Treliving joined the Flames on April 28, 2014, and the 50-year-old is entering his sixth season as GM. The Flames went 50-25-7 last season to finish first in the Pacific Division and the Western Conference; the 107 points were their second-highest total since entering the NHL as the Atlanta Flames in 1972. Calgary was the top seed in the West in the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs but lost to the Colorado Avalanche in five games in the first round.
"I'm excited to work with our talented hockey operations staff, coaches and players as we continue on our mission of bringing a Stanley Cup back to Calgary," he said.
With Treliving as GM, the Flames have qualified for the playoffs three times, advancing to the second round in 2014-15, and are 212-163-35, a .560 point percentage. Calgary begins its regular season at Colorado on Thursday (9 p.m. ET; ALT, SNW, NHL.TV).
"Over the past five years, Brad has done an excellent job putting a team together on and off the ice," Flames president and CEO John Bean said. "Continuity is important in this role. Brad has earned the trust and respect of our ownership group and our fans. We look forward to continuing our work together as we strive for our ultimate goal: another Stanley Cup championship for the city of Calgary."
Before joining the Flames, Treliving worked was vice president and assistant GM of the Phoenix Coyotes for seven seasons. Prior to that, he was president of the Central Hockey League for seven years.


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This is a [metalsmith](https://github.com/segmentio/metalsmith) plugin which is used
to temporary hide some files from some other plugins.

#### Example 1.
[Metalsmith-feed](https://github.com/hurrymaplelad/metalsmith-feed) and
[metalsmith-react-templates](https://github.com/yeojz/metalsmith-react-templates)

I would like to put text to RSS before it was processed by React.
But if I place React-plugin after the RSS-plugin then React also wraps `rss.xml`.

I can hide `rss.xml` by HideShow plugin, process other files by React and
then show `rss.xml` back.

#### Example 2.
I would like to keep content related binaries (e.g. cover photos) in the same tree as `.md` files.
But some plugins may damage binaries. I hide binaries in the beginning of chain
and show them back in the end before final deployment.

## Usage
```js
var hideshow = require('metalsmith-hideshow');

Metalsmith(__dirname)
  .use(hideshow({
    hide: function(filename) {
      return !filename.match(/.*\.md$/);
    }
  }))

  .use(markdown())
  .use(templates('handlebars'))

  .use(hideshow({
    show:true
  }))
  .build(function(err) {
    if (err) throw err;
  });
```

## Options

* `name` **string** *optional*. The name of files storage where they are hidden or shown from it.
* `hide` **function(filename, fileobject)** *require to hide*.
The predicate which returns `true` if file should be hidden and `false` otherwise.
* `show` **boolean** *required to show*. Should be `true` if you want to show files. Should be omitted if you want to hide.

## Config example:
Hide paths which are beginning with 'a' character to Default storage
```js
{
  hide: function(name) {
    return name.charAt(0) == 'a';
  }
}
```

Hide files with boolean-positive `draft` property in Default storage
```js
{
  hide: function(name, file) {
    return file.draft;
  }
}
```

Show hidden files from Default storage
```js
{
  show: true
}
```

Hide files to tagged storage `"storage_a"`
```js
{
  name: "storage_a",
  hide: function(name) {
    return name.charAt(0) == 'a';
  }
}
```

Show files from tagged storage `"storage_a"`
```js
{
  name: "storage_a",
  show: true
}
```

## License
The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2015 Chivorotkiv <chivorotkiv@omich.net>

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
THE SOFTWARE.

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ENERAL Douglas MacArthur is regarded are one of the most effective generals in history. General George Marshall regarded him as our most brilliant. He accomplished this in large part because of his code of self-discipline. He believed self-discipline to be the key in enabling the leader to think clearly and act responsibly.
Mastering your impulses and controlling your emotions allows one to bring balance and perspective to any situation. This ability to display the right amount of emotion was especially critical and valuable to him in his most trying circumstances.
What Is Your Personal DNA?
We found out about this tool from Jodee Bock's blog. It is personality test which is as they claim, "free, fun, fast and accurate." It's called personalDNA. It is actually a very quick, innovative process and was quite accurate for those in our office.
A great feature on this site allows you to ask other people to assess you once you've taken the test yourself. It is enlightening to learn how those close to you see your personality by sharing results from your feedback page. You can also assess someone else's personality, and send that person the results.
Take the test at: personalDNA.com. At the end of the test, you'll get a thorough personality assessment, along with a personality map and a personalDNA strip.
In a lighthearted and engaging way, Matthew Stewart makes a case for the need to make management education a function of the philosophy department.
The tragedy for those who value their reading time, is that Rousseau and Shakespeare said it all much, much better. In the 5,200 years since the Sumerians first etched their pictograms on clay tablets, come to think of it, human beings have produced an astonishing wealth of creative expression on the topics of reason, passion, and living with other people. In books, poems, plays, music, works of art, and plain old graffiti, they have explored what it means to struggle against adversity, to apply their extraordinary faculty of reason to the world, and to confront the naked truth about what motivates their fellow human animals. These works are every bit as relevant to the dilemmas faced by managers in their quest to make the world a more productive place as any of the management literature.
All leadership issues are human. Leadership is not a science. It is an art. This idea of the NEW leadership is nonsense. Contexts change and will continue to change but leadership principles are constant. Leadership is about people and relationships. People have had to deal with the same issues since time began. Leadership deals with philosophical issues in ever changing contexts. While certain generalities can be made (reduced to percentages if you must) most leadership issues must be viewed more individually than generally, more philosophically than scientifically. Having laws that govern something doesn't make it a science.
Beyond building skills, business training must be about values . . . But, as anyone who has studied Aristotle will know, "values" aren't something you bump into from time to time during the course of a business career. All of business is about values, all of the time. Notwithstanding the ostentatious use of stopwatches, Taylor's pig iron case was not a description of some aspect of physical reality—how many tons can a worker lift? It was a prescription—how many tons should a worker lift? The real issue at stake in Mayo's telephone factory was not factual—how can we best establish a sense of teamwork? It was moral—how much of a worker's sense of identity and well-being does a business have a right to harness for its purposes?
This is a long tough road we have to travel. The men that can do things are going to be sought out just as surely as the sun rises in the morning.
Take time to know your child. Working with a child's personality, a parent needs to learn to develop that child's individual traits and abilities and sometimes temper strengths that left unchecked would become a liability. For example, an assertive, outgoing personality is a great trait in a leader, but without self-control, it can be seen as overly aggressive and controlling.
Take the time to point out where they can learn from the example of others. Use examples and outcomes of decisions of both right and wrong approaches to situations. Teach them cause and effect. Choices have consequences.
Take the time to understand what problems and issues your child is dealing with and then guide them to the right decisions by applying the right principles. By instilling principles rather than pat answers to problems, you will give them tools to work with that they can apply over and over again in their life.
Take the time to involve them in family activities and work. This will help them learn teamwork (sharing and considering others) and a good work ethic.
I tell young people, "It feels good to be a leader!" Success and failure are part of the adventure of life. Young people need to see that good leaders are important in their community—and there are great rewards for being a good leader. Those rewards include a sense of satisfaction and a feeling that what you are doing is meaningful and significant. You don't always win when you lead, but that's okay. Young people should be rewarded and encouraged for stepping up and leading, no matter whether they succeed or fail.
American essayist Norman Cousins wrote, "Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences." Wisdom is about the thinking through of thoughts, behaviors and actions and seeing their relationships. It is seeing how things are connected. It is easy to get so caught up in what we are doing that we operate as though we are in a vacuum. Yale University professor Robert Sternberg explained that one reason smart people are sometimes inexplicably stupid is that they think they have overcome the problem of consequences.
Understanding how everything is connected is a daunting task, but it shouldn't cause us to stop dead in our tracks full of indecision. We still have to function. Professors Pfeffer and Sutton suggest in their book Hard Facts, that we must travel through life with an attitude of wisdom. That attitude is described as the ability to act with knowledge while doubting what you know. They point out that this attitude or approach is the single most important quality that a leader, advisor, or team can have for practicing evidence-based management.
Practicing evidence-based management means adopting beliefs and designing settings that enable people to keep acting with knowledge while doubting what they know, and to openly acknowledge the imperfections in even their best ideas along the way.
A lot of experience often holds people back from adapting this attitude. An old example holds true here: A person may say, "I have 20 years of experience." But it's not 20 years of experience. It's 1 year repeated 20 times. That is to say, we live our lives in such a way that we aren't really learning. We're repeating. While wisdom requires that we arrange what we observe and know, and create meaning from it, is also requires that we consider what we need to unlearn as well.
JUST OVER 60 years ago in April 1945, Harry Truman was thrust into the presidency by the death of FDR. On his first day in the White House, Sam Rayburn (1882-1961) then Speaker of the House, came over to deliver some sage advice. "I have come down here to talk to you about you," Rayburn began.
"You have got many great hazards, and one of them is in this White House. I have been watching this thing a long time. I have seen people in the White House try to build a fence around the White House and keep the very people away from the President that he should see. That is one of your hazards. The special interests and the sycophants will stand in the rain a week to see you and will treat you like a king. They'll come sliding in and tell you, you're the greatest man alive—but you know and I know you ain't."
Douglas Rushkoff wrote, "Instead of focusing on what we still lack, we must take stock of what we already do have in terms of resources, abilities, and pure will." This is the essence of asset-based thinking. It's not to be confused with the head-in-the-sand everything-is-wonderful way of thinking. That's the other ditch of typical one-dimensional thinking. It's not about finding everything that's wonderful around you to create a false sense of euphoria. It's about asking, "What are the assets here?" What is working?" and how can I use these things — how can I leverage these things — to reach my goals. What is being encouraged here is reality-based multidimensional thinking. It demonstrates that there is another way of thinking about or looking at most every situation.
Through brilliant design (as shown below), Change the Way You See Everything illuminates these concepts. Authors Kathryn Cramer (psychologist) and Hank Wasiak (advertising) ask you to image the seismic shift that would occur if people just focused their attention on opportunities rather than problems, strengths more than weaknesses and what can be done instead of what can't.
When you decrease your focus on what is wrong (deficit-based thinking) and increase your focus on what is right (Asset-Based Thinking), you build enthusiasm and energy, strengthen relationships, and move people and productivity to the next level.
We all need this book. Despite the fact that this is a simple — yet life-changing concept — it doesn't make it any easier to execute these ideas in our lives or organizations. Unfortunately, the fact is our default setting is toward deficit-based thinking. We gravitate towards the negative, towards what's not working. This mode of thinking and viewing the world holds us back. Deficit-based thinking is driven by fear. Asset-based thinking is driven by desire.
Excerpt: Forget Perfection Asset-Based Thinking liberates you from the pointless need to strive for "perfection." You realize that pursuit of perfection is not an asset, it's a liability. For a change in the way you feel about yourself, see yourself as a work in progress . . . just like everyone else. Each day, say to yourself that for today you are perfect the way you are. Always competent, yet always learning, always growing. Commit to making the lost of yourself and you will find that flaws will fade away.
WARNING: A preoccupation with eliminating flaws invites self-absorption, whereas recognition and reconciliation with shortcoming promotes a healthy and powerful humility that liberates you to move forward.
Excerpt: Use Your Postive Filters, Get More Traction Asset-Based Thinkers learn how to reactivate the special instinctive positive filters that we are all born with. Over the course of our lives, the positive filters have been overshadowed and shut down by deficit-based thinking. Asset-based Thinkers approach everyone they encounter with the spirit of acknowledgement and praise for what they have to offer. They see each individual as an asset and recognize that they are a work in progress, just like themselves.
Asset-Based Thinkers are relatively unaffected by the negative traits of others. They've learned to deflect the negativity, suspend judgment, and go beneath the surface to make contact with the positive motives that are fueling the negativity.
This is an important book. It is both mentally and emotionally engaging. Get this book for yourself and anyone you care about. Asset-based thinking is the foundational step that you need to put into place in order to build a success system that has a sense of personal responsibility, creativity and resilience.
We often equate the telling of the truth with the statement made by Jack Nicholson's character in the film A Few Good Men : "You can't handle the truth!" It's true. People don't often want to hear the truth. The problem is that as a general rule, the truth is not communicated in a way that is productive and helpful, kind and supportive. It usually comes across as an attack.
1.	Acknowledge the Truth — Entails the awareness that there is a difference between what you expected and what was delivered and the decision to do something about it.
The idea is to deal with these moments while they are small issues and before there is a need for a full-blown confrontation. Truth telling is a powerful agent of change. This system gives people the best chance to learn in a positive and safe environment. In the end facing reality is a lot easier than all the fancy footwork required in avoiding it.
Great leaders are also great mentors. Greatness is hard to achieve without a substantial amount of learning built into the fabric of the organization. Mentorship is the most direct path to learning because it is done within the context of real work set against the realities of the world.
For those who wish to increase their performance or to help others to do so, Dr. Henry Cloud believes integrity is the key. By integrity he means being a whole, integrated person. It's about wholeness. It means a person who is "running on all cylinders." It's more than simple honesty and ethics.
1.	Establishing Trust. This is the ability for someone to get outside their reality, agendas and concerns and connect with, understand, and work with the realities and concerns of the other person or people.
2.	Orientation Toward Truth. This gets at the ability to operate in reality and deal with it.
3.	Getting Results. Beyond a work ethic and working hard this trait is about how a person is put together that actually causes hard work and effort to end up in real results.
4.	Embracing the Negative. Those who succeed are those that understand that life is about solving problems. They seek out the problems and develop the ability to solve them. The ability to move something forward when something bad happens.
5. Orientation Toward Growth. Not the desire to maintain but a real desire to grow and increase.
6. Orientation Toward Transcendence. The ability to see the big picture and to serve something larger than yourself.
People change when they play the "movie," which is to take a hard reality look at your life and work, then play that reality forward to see if you like the way the future movie of your life and career plays out. In that way, people begin to experience the future losses, rewards, and consequences right now and get with reality. When you look, for example, at your present performance, and the things that you are not getting, and then you realize that if you continue to do the same things expecting different results, you will never get what you want, you will change.
Fire Someone Today sounds like a book of contrary advice for bosses. Surprisingly, it is a book full of down-to-earth, practical and tested advice for leaders seeking to better their company and the lives of those who work for them. It is written in a conversational and helpful tone by Bob Pritchett, President and CEO of Logos Research Systems (makers of Bible Software).
Firing someone is never easy. Consequently, we often find ourselves doing everything we can to avoid facing the issue. And the reasons we come up with sound pretty good and effectively forestall the inevitable. However, Pritchett explains these are not just bad reasons; these are selfish excuses.
Compassion is caring about others, but retaining the employee who should be fired is all about caring for ourselves—it is never about the employee. We want to protect our investment, our presumptuous feeling of parental responsibility, our time and energy, even our reputation for "being nice." If employees quit, or were hit by the proverbial bus, we would find a way to address any real issues related to their sudden absence—we would have to, because their departure date would be out of our control.
Pritchett reminds us that firing the employee should be a last resort after trying to retain the person in a different position (in reality, not in name only). But if it has to be done, he explains how to do it right. When we don't fire employees who need to be fired, we aren't doing anyone any favors.
When we don't fire someone we should, our inaction is malicious. We are hurting our organization and wasting the employee's time on a job with no future. Our motivations are most likely selfish; at the very best, we are just being stupid.
Nobody Needs an Optimistic Accountant: You should be optimistic about your business. Your salespeople should be optimistic about your business. Your parents, your children, your vendors, and your employees should be optimistic about your business. You do not want any negative, pessimistic, whining, cry-baby Chicken Littles on your team. Except for your accountant.
Your accountant, controller, bookkeeper, CFO — whoever it is that counts your money — should be a pessimist. Your accountant should not be the kind of person who thinks things are always going to get better. Your accountant should be the kind of person who thinks things are always going to get worse. Your accountant should be the kind of person who, when you say, "Good morning," responds, "We'll see."
You Can Always Find 5%: I have talked with lots of small business people who also live right on the edge. Their business is in a perpetual cash crunch because their expenses always seem to be right behind (if not a bit ahead of) their income. Five percent is often the difference between losing money and making money.
Now I understand that lots of individuals and businesses have financial difficulties that make 5% look like pigeon feed. That is a whole other chapter: Chapter 11. I am talking about the businesses that are basically doing all right, but seem to be perpetually treading water to stay at the break-even point. For these businesses 5% is the difference between profit and loss — and that is a big difference.
The good news is that you can always find 5%.
Fire Someone Today will help you too look at business problems through another lens and show you how to deal with them head-on in constructive and profitable ways.
1.	Speak from the heart. Talk about the things you really know and care about.
2.	Don't shy away from conflict. Conflict, and the resolution of conflict, are the central elements in storytelling and all forms of dramatic expression—including speeches.
3.	Get inside the minds of the audience. Speak to their needs and concerns or their shortcomings or failings. People will accept criticism but they don't want to be finessed.
1.	Open with a bang. Don't waste time with niceties. Aim to capture your audience with your first words.
2.	Tell stories and look for ways to build suspense. You build suspense by creating a potential disaster and delaying the moment of truth.
3.	Write for the eye, the ear, the nose, and all the senses. In other words, be as vivid as you can.
4.	Create a plot just as you would if you were writing a short story. Most plots have a protagonist and an antagonist—or a good guy and a bad guy.
5.	Show first, then tell, using examples and stories that lead (through various twists and turns) to a few easily stated and readily understood conclusions.
6.	In ending a speech, it is usually a good idea to hark back to the beginning—giving the audience a satisfying sense of coming full circle.
1. Make sure the cause came before the effect. Some popular business books, such as "The War for Talent," collect information on the alleged cause – in this case, practices for managing talent – after the alleged effect already happened – in this case, performance.1 To claim that one thing causes another, the cause needs to occur before the effect.
2. Remember that correlation does not mean causation. Studies that use surveys or data from company records to correlate practices with various performance outcomes require careful interpretation. For example, Bain & Company's home page brags, "Our clients outperform the market 4 to 1." (www.bain.com. Downloaded Jan. 20, 2006) This correlation doesn't prove that their advice transformed clients into top performers. For starters, top performers may simply have more money for hiring consultants.
3. Don't rely on success (and failure) stories. Sorting organizations or strategies into successes and failures, and then digging into their pasts with interviews, questionnaires, and press reports to explain why some "won" and others "lost," is bad research. People have terrible memories. And after identifying winners and losers, people selectively remember information that reflects these different outcomes.
4. Be suspicious of gurus and breakthroughs. Almost all great ideas and findings are small advances made by groups of smart people working with old knowledge, not giant leaps forward that lone geniuses hatched in their gigantic brains.
5. Take a dispassionate approach to ideologies and theories. "A man hears what he wants to hear, and disregards the rest," sang Simon and Garfunkel. Learning is difficult when people are driven by ideology rather than evidence.
6. Treat old ideas as if they are old ideas. People who spread management knowledge should say where they got their ideas. They should also review others' work to avoid reinventing the past.
7. Admit uncertainties and drawbacks. Purveyors of business ideas should routinely admit any flaws in or uncertainties they might have about their ideas. This means revealing that while their wares are the best they can build right now, they will require constant modification as more is learned.


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Our CROISSAN'WICH® is now made with 100% butter for a soft, flaky croissant piled high with fluffy eggs, melted American cheese, and your choice of savory sizzling sausage, thick cut smoked bacon, or sweet black forest ham. Meal comes in medium and large sizes. Your choice of Hash Browns and a Drink. Choose a protein: Sausage, Bacon, Ham. Choose a drink: BK® Joe Coffee, BK® Joe Iced Coffee, Minute Maid® Orange Juice, Capri Sun® Apple Juice, Fat Free Milk.
Rise and shine with our Biscuit Sandwich. Fluffy eggs and creamy American cheese are layered carefully with your choice of savory sizzling sausage, thick cut smoked bacon, or sweet black forest ham between one of our warm biscuits. Meal comes in medium and large sizes. Your choice of Hash Browns and a Drink. Choose a protein: Sausage, Bacon, Ham. Choose a drink: BK® Joe Coffee, BK® Joe Iced Coffee, Minute Maid® Orange Juice, Capri Sun® Apple Juice, Fat Free Milk.
Rise and shine with our Biscuit Sandwich. Fluffy eggs and creamy American cheese are layered carefully with your choice of savory sizzling sausage, thick cut smoked bacon, or sweet black forest ham between one of our warm biscuits. Choose a protein: Sausage, Bacon, Ham.
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SOURDOUGH KING™ burger features more than 1/2 lbs. of savory flame-grilled 100% beef, melted American cheese, freshly sliced onions & our creamy signature sauce, topped with thick-cut smoked bacon, all on a soft sourdough bun. Meal comes in medium and large sizes. Your choice of a side of piping hot, thick cut French Fries or golden Onion Rings and a fountain drink of your choice to make it a meal. Weight based on pre-cooked patties. Choose a drink: Coca-Cola®, Diet Coke®, Dr Pepper®, Sprite®, Orange Fanta®. Choose a side: French Fries, Onion Rings.
Our BACON KING™ Sandwich features two 4.4 oz savory flame-grilled beef patties, topped a with hearty portion of thick-cut smoked bacon, melted American cheese and topped with ketchup and creamy mayonnaise all on a soft sesame seed bun. Meal comes in medium and large sizes. Your choice of a side of piping hot, thick cut French Fries or golden Onion Rings and a fountain drink of your choice to make it a meal. Based on pre-cooked patty weight. Choose a drink: Coca-Cola®, Diet Coke®, Dr Pepper®, Sprite®, Orange Fanta®. Choose a side: French Fries, Onion Rings.


Sles 11 sp 2 xen running a sles 11 sp 2 guest. para-virtualized guest. The guest is slow to start but functioning. However, I attempt to login to the gui to use the desktop and that process never finishes. Even after hours of waiting, I don't get to the desktop. I only have the greyed out splash screen with the whirling indicator whirling around. So, I attempt to access the server using ssh and I am able to enter a user name and a password but I never do get to a server prompt where I can work on the server.
I am not the most experienced linux admin but do have a several years of experience. I need some fairly detail instructions on how to get this dom u so I can determine what is causing these problems. I would appreciate any help at all. Thank you.
With what you describe I'm wondering what type of hardware you are using to run the Xen host on? In first instance it sounds like access to the the storage layer is dead slow for the domU.
A little more info on the Xen host, hardware specs (type/model, CPU-RAM, etc) and what's running on the host would be good.
also good to know: Is this SLES 11 sp2 guest the only guest you are running on there? And how is the storage configured for the SLES domU's storage?
The xen host is a HP ml 350 G4 with 2 quad core 2.x Ghz processes with 24 Gb of memory. Currently there are only two guest running on the host, this one and another sles 11 srvr which is a groupwise server that has one PO and only 4 active accounts - its being phased out. There is also a another sles srvr and a windows srvr but neither of these are are running. This server is 6 years old and I am in the process of taking it off line, but this one server is critical to our school district - it holds students' directories.
The OS of the dom u is file based on a RAID 1. The NSS volumes (yes this is an OES server), where the students' directories are is on a RAID 5. I should also note that this dom u is running my sep-sesam file backup.
I hope that helps and I hope you can help me.
I assume this is the OES11 DomU?
> finishes. Even after hours of waiting, I don't get to the desktop.
Virtual Machine Manager? Are you trying to access the DomU using VNC?
> server prompt where I can work on the server.
> appreciate any help at all. Thank you.
related to insufficient free disk space?
anything there that might identify the problem?
available if you require our help.
using block devices? How are the devices partitioned?
You may gain additional insight from your Dom0. Can you run "xm top"?
It provides useful statistics that may shed some light on the problem.
when you look at the DomU's console output, is there anything you see in the syslog messages displayed on (DomU's) tty10?
How was the DomU created/installed? If it's that slow, it would have been a night mare to do... I rather hope you have some connectivity issue, where some name/id resolution takes close to forever to time out.


MVC stands for Model-View-Controller design pattern which separates the business logic, presentation logic and navigation logic.
Model: is responsible for encapsulating the application data (POJO).
View: is responsible for rendering the model data.
Controller: is responsible for receiving the user request, building model object and passing the model object to the view.
Struts is an elegant, extensible, open source framework for developing java web application. It is used to develop Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture based web applications.
Struts 2 was originally known as webwork 2. Later on webwork and struts combined to produce a new version of struts i.e. struts 2 framework is the combination of webwork and struts.
Struts 2 = webwork + struts 1.
What is the difference between struts1 and struts2?
1. Struts 1 Action classes must extends an abstract base class.
2. Struts 1 Actions are thread safe because they are singletons.
3. Struts 1 Actions are depends on the servlet API because the HttpServletRequest and HttpServletResponse have to be passed in the execute method.
4. Struts 1 use the ActionForm's object to receive the form input.
5. Struts 1 use the JSTL expression language.
6. Struts 1 uses the standard JSP mechanism for binding objects into the page context.
7. Struts 1 provides less flexible type conversion.
8. Struts 1 uses manual validation by validate method on the ActionForm.
1. Struts 2 Action classes not have to extends any abstract class. They mayimplement an Action interface.
2. Struts 2 Actions are not thread safe.
3. Struts 2 Actions are not depend on the servlet API.
4. Struts 2 eliminate the need of ActionForm.
5. Struts 2 use the "Object Graph Notation Language" (OGNL) expression language.
6. Struts 2 uses the ValueStack technology for binding values into views.
7. Struts 2 provides more flexible type conversion.
8. Struts 2 allows manual validation by using the validate method. It also the XWork Validation framework.
Explain struts 2 request life cycle.
1. When a request comes web container maps the request in the web.xml and calls the controller (FilterDispatcher).
2. FilterDispatcher calls the ActionMapper to find an Action to be invoked.
3. FilterDispatcher calls the ActionProxy.
4. ActionProxy reads the information of action and interceptor stack from configuration file using configuration manager (struts.xml) and invoke the ActionInvocation.
5. ActionInvocation calls the all interceptors one by one and then invoke the action to generate the result.
6. Action is executed ActionInvocation again calls the all interceptors in reverse order.
7. Control is returned to the FilterDispatcher.
8. Result is sent to the client.
See more at: Struts 2 request life cycle.
What are the core components of a Struts2 based application?
Explain Struts 2 Configuration File.
The struts.xml is the core configuration file for struts framework. The struts.xml is used to initialize the resources like Interceptors, Action classes and Results.
See more at: Struts Configuration File.
How to create Action in struts 2?
How to use multiple struts config file in struts2?
We can break struts.xml file into multiple small files. At runtime there can be only one struts.xml for an application so other files have to be included in the default struts.xml file.
See more at: Multiple configuration file in Struts 2.
Explain OGNL in struts 2?
OGNL refers to Object Graph Navigation Language. It is mainly used to set or get the value of a java bean property.
Use of OGNL in struts 2.
1. As an expression language it is used in forms and response UI pages.
2. It is used to access the objects in ValueStack.
3. It is used in type conversion. When a form is submitted form values are transmitted as string values. OGNL converts these values to the specific types at the time of setting these values to the java beans.
See more at: OGNL in struts 2.
Explain Value Stack in struts 2.
In struts 2 ValueStack represents a stack that contains the references of application specific objects. When a request come an object of ValueStack is created first and after it object of Action, Model or any other java resources are created. The references of all these objects are maintained in ValueStack.
See more at: Value Stack in struts 2.
Explain Interceptors in struts 2.
Interceptor is an object which is called at the pre processing and post processing of a request. These are same as the filters in the servlet.
Use of interceptors in struts 2.
1. Interceptors are used to perform some pre-processing task before the action is invoked.
2. Interceptors are used to perform some post-processing task after the action is invoked.
4. Interceptors can also be used to catch exceptions.
See more at: Interceptors in struts 2.
How to create custom interceptor in struts2?
We can create a custom interceptor in struts 2. To create a custom interceptor implements the Interceptor interface. Interceptor interface provides the methods to create a custom interceptor.
See more at: Struts 2 custom interceptor.
What are Result types in Struts?
As when request come business logic is executed first and after that result is to display as view. Struts provide a number of predefined result types. The dispatcher is the default result type. The tag is used to specify a result type in sturts.xml. The dispatcher, FreeMaker and redirect are the commonly used result types.
See more at: Struts 2 result type.
Validation is a process of checking something against a standard.
Struts 2 validation framework provides many generic built-in validation methods or validators to perform various validations. It enables the web container to perform validation rules before executing the actions. We can also create custom validators.
Ways of performing validations in struts 2.
1. By using built-in validators.
2. By using custom validators.
See more at: Struts 2 validation framework.
What are the types of validators in struts 2?
Types of validators in struts 2.
These validators act or perform validations on the single field i.e. field validators are not generic they are specific to the single field. More than one validator can be applied to one field.
These validators are the action level validators. Single validator can be applied to multiple fields.
Note: In this approach only one validator can be applied to a single field.
Explain dynamic method invocation in struts2.
The dynamic method invocation is used to avoid the separate action mapping for every action in case of dispatch action functionality. We are using wildcard method to achieve dynamic method invocation.
See more at: Dynamic method invocation in struts2.
Explain DispatchAction Functionality in Struts 2.
The DispatchAction Functionality is a way of grouping the related actions into a single action class. In struts 1 DispatchAction class provides this functionality but in struts 2 every action class by default provide this functionality. To achieve this functionality in struts 2 we have to define the actions with the different names but having the same signature as execute method.
See more at: DispatchAction Functionality in Struts 2.
How tag libraries are defined in Struts?
Tag libraries are defined in the configuration file web.xml using tag.


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FDA Approves New Antiplatelet Treatment
By Meghan Ross, Associate Editor
The FDA today approved The Medicines Company's cangrelor (Kengreal), an intravenous antiplatelet medication that can prevent blood clots from forming in the coronary arteries.
The FDA today approved The Medicines Company's cangrelor (Kengreal), an intravenous antiplatelet medication that can prevent blood clots from forming in the coronary arteries.
Kengreal can also be used to treat adults facing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), a procedure that around 500,000 Americans undergo each year, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The treatment's ability to prevent platelets from forming will translate to less risk for serious clotting complications associated with the procedure, including heart attacks and stent thrombosis, according to the FDA.
"For patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention, blood clotting can cause serious problems," said Norman Stockbridge, MD, PhD, director of the Division of Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs in the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, in a press release. "The approval of Kengreal provides another treatment option for patients."
A trial that involved more than 10,000 individuals compared Kengreal to clopidogrel (Plavix) and found that Kengreal significantly reduced the frequency of heart attacks and stent thrombosis. Those on the newly approved treatment also required fewer procedures to open the artery.
While serious bleeding was not common in the study, it did occur more often in patients taking Kengreal than Plavix. Specifically, 1 in every 170 patients taking Kengreal experienced a serious bleed, compared with 1 of 275 patients Plavix.
Kengreal carries a risk of life-threatening bleeding similar to other approved antiplatelet treatments, the FDA noted.


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Shichifukujin
by Samurai Shiatsu
published on 23 June 2013
The Shichifukujin or Seven Gods of Luck from Japanese folklore. From left to right: Daikoku, Bishamonten, Ebisu, Fukurokuju, Benzaiten, Hotei, Jurojin.
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Tarbertshire ou le  de Tarbert était une circonscription du Parlement d'Écosse.

Le , le roi Charles I, avec le consentement des Trois États, réunit le sheriffdom de Tarbert avec le sheriff d'Argyll. Le dernier commissaires de Tarbert au Parlement était Sir Lachlan Maclean de Morvern, qui siégea de 1628 à 1633.

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Ославани (, произношение: ) е град окръг Бърно-район в Южноморавския край на Чехия. Разположен е на 25 km югорозападно от Бърно и на 3 km северозападно от Иванчице. През 2014 г. наброява около 4600 жители.

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Introducing Talson our newest shape of 2018.
The Talson was designed as an all round european hunting knife with bowie like aspects in mind but without the unwieldiness of its larger American cousins.
The extra handle length (total 135mm) offers a wider range of grips and dexterity. Its has a blade length of 125mm (5 inches) with an over all length of 260mm (just shy of 10 inches). It is however surprisingly light weight and mobile for a knife of its size.
Handled in 40,000 year old woolly mammoth ivory flanked by 416 stainless steel guard with the main bulk of the handle in the highest grade of desert iron wood availble capped with a Damascus steel pommel cap.
The sheath is a brown right handed carved with a sheridan style pattern.
"We designed this knife to try and bridge the gap of european hunters liking the look and feel of the traditional bowie type knife but to make it more practical for the typical quarry found in this part of the world."


A fairly young hobby is marine aquariums. More recently, rare was the purchase of the aquarium with sea inhabitants, are made on a professional level. Such aquariums differed bulky and complex equipment, and to monitor the water parameters were used for chemical tests. Need to be an expert in order to keep such an aquarium. Difficult and painstaking the process was to care for the aquarium. But things are changing!
Care of marine aquarium today, even a novice aquarist. For control and analysis of water parameters are applied automatic systems, there is auto water change and start the spare pump in case of an accident with the main pump. Video marine aquarium and control functions available on the website, where you can monitor their Pets in real time, and correction parameters can be performed using your mobile phone or via the Internet. Aquarium computers and additional devices are simply necessary for normal functioning of marine life.
For example, in the absence of the emergency pump and in the event of failure of the primary, after a few hours of sea animals will start to die. But if you went away for a few days, then returning, will observe not very pleasant picture. A spare pump will not allow tonkosejanyj the life of your pet but also saves your money, nerves and time. Using automatic control of water parameters can be controlled by salinity, pH, redox potential, temperature, etc.
To adjust the described parameters manually, you need to carry out many manipulations to perform tests and configure hardware. Analysis of water manually – already the last century, today the Maritime aquarium, clean water, in which live marine animals, characterized by vivid color and cheerful behavior requires little effort in the content.
As noted by professional aquarists, automatic water change for marine life will lead to osmotic shock, because it is made daily in small portions. Ultimately, it improves the health of marine animals, corals and fish, and increases the duration of their lives.
Many companies, whose professional activity is the execution of large aquariums and custom automation currently on the market of aquarium services. Companies engaged in the sale and production of standard aquariums do not offer services for automation systems. If they are willing to deal with such a question, as a rule, such a task seems difficult, since the main focus of their activities is mass production. And in such conditions it is very difficult sometimes to find enough time to do the setup, debugging and designing of aquarium computers and the necessary equipment.
In addition, to comply with an aquarium on the order is not really appropriate when the model manufacture and shop are in one person. This means that basically, the store presents quite a narrow range of manufacturers. In the global market efficient and more high-tech equipment is represented by a large number of companies. At best, your aquarium will be stocked a standard aquacomputer with disabilities and complex settings.
Today is not a problem the purchase of the aquarium. But to ensure good life of the inhabitants, protection from accidents, easy and quick maintenance and care, you need to create the aquarium based on the principles of Autonomous life support. The objective of the companies involved in the aquarium industry is not only the design and decoration of the aquarium, but also selection of the necessary equipment.
System "AquaDigitalLife" . the development of Aquacoral, modern is an interesting solution to the complex of unique features for automating aquariums. Using the system you can control the water parameters, equipment, emergency starting equipment, avtopodstavy, control by a web-camera, autodonation minerals and other useful and necessary functions.
The control of serviceability of equipment is a unique feature of this product, which is not present in any other aquacomputer. For continuous monitoring of equipment operation of the tank and is monitoring the performance of equipment . in case of malfunction of any element: – sends a message with information about fault – starts the backup pump if the main is broken, – connects backup power if the electricity has been disconnected, – monitors the leakage current.
Three-dimensional model of the system components with the ability to control via touch panel – this is another very handy and unique innovation, which has a system AquaDigitalLife. The condition of the aquarium and equipment, necessary water parameters are always displayed and available online, and control parameters can be done quickly via the Internet.
The manufacturer configures, tests and calibrates each system "AquaDigitalLife". Owners of aquariums don't need to learn complex instructions, the product is ready to use. According to the manufacturers, the system is designed to manage a large aquarium, which could be very hard to do manual water changes or manual analysis of the water parameters, and on the inadmissibility of emergency situations.
Modern automated aquarium can rid of the stress associated with care, will bring joy to the owner and provide a comfortable existence for the inhabitants of the underwater.


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Workplace WhatsApp usage still common despite privacy concerns
by Jenny Darmody
Image: © Sara Michilin/Stock.adobe.com
While the GAA has implemented a WhatsApp ban for its clubs, a recent survey showed 41pc of UK workers use the messaging app for business purposes.
WhatsApp is continuing to cause problems for businesses and organisations, as a recent survey shows. Research from business messaging app Guild, which surveyed more than 1,200 people in the UK in January 2020, suggested that 41pc of UK workers admit to using WhatsApp for work purposes. This figure rises to more than half for workers over the age of 45.
A smaller survey from CCS Insight in 2018 also highlighted the growing level of WhatsApp usage at work, showing the messaging app to be the most widely used mobile app in business.
This goes against the recommendations and policies of many organisations, including the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in Ireland, due to concerns about GDPR surrounding WhatsApp and its parent company Facebook.
While the GAA's recommendation to its clubs has been to steer clear of WhatsApp for official purposes since 2018, the organisation had to urge its clubs against using the messaging app at the end of January 2020.
A danger to data
The doubling down of this particular policy is an important move, as asking members or employees to join WhatsApp means asking them to submit personal information, such as phone numbers or personal profile images, to a potentially large group of people they may not know very well.
Couple that with the fact that sharing your data with WhatsApp means sharing your data with Facebook, which has faced controversies around its data privacy practices. And both of these concerns don't even take into account the potential data breaches that can happen, which are becoming more common every year.
David Naylor, partner at law firm Wiggin, said businesses are taking risks if they allow employees to use consumer messaging apps that operate completely outside their governance, "making it impossible to protect company data or comply with their own data protection obligations".
Companies that use WhatsApp groups need to review how they're used and consider following the GAA's lead in banning the its use for official purposes altogether. In a statement from the organisation, it reminded its clubs "to ensure and promote compliance with data protection legislation, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act".
The GAA is even developing its own verifiable communication app, which it's hopping to have ready for the summer, and while this might not be feasible for all companies and organisations, all companies will have a responsibility to users, employees and consumers to protect their data.
Related: data, GDPR, Facebook, WhatsApp, privacy
Jenny Darmody is the deputy editor of Silicon Republic
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#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include "pwd.h"

#define PWD_BUFFER_SIZE 256

/* This isn't as flash as my previous version -- it doesn't dynamically
  scale down the gecos on too-long lines, but it also makes fewer syscalls,
  so it's probably nicer.  Write me if you want the old version.  Maybe I
  should include it as a build-time option... ?
  -Nat <ndf@linux.mit.edu> */

struct passwd *__tlg_getpwent(int pwd_fd)
{
	static char line_buff[PWD_BUFFER_SIZE];
	static struct passwd passwd;
	char *field_begin;
	char *endptr;
	char *gid_ptr=NULL;
	char *uid_ptr=NULL;
	int line_len;
	int i;

	/* We use the restart label to handle malformatted lines */
  restart:
	/* Read the passwd line into the static buffer using a minimal of
	   syscalls. */
	if ((line_len = read(pwd_fd, line_buff, PWD_BUFFER_SIZE)) <= 0)
		return NULL;
	field_begin = strchr(line_buff, '\n');
	if (field_begin != NULL)
		lseek(pwd_fd, (long) (1 + field_begin - (line_buff + line_len)),
			  SEEK_CUR);
	else {						/* The line is too long - skip it. :-\ */

		do {
			if ((line_len = read(pwd_fd, line_buff, PWD_BUFFER_SIZE)) <= 0)
				return NULL;
		} while (!(field_begin = strchr(line_buff, '\n')));
		lseek(pwd_fd, (long) (field_begin - line_buff) - line_len + 1,
			  SEEK_CUR);
		goto restart;
	}
	if (*line_buff == '#' || *line_buff == ' ' || *line_buff == '\n' ||
		*line_buff == '\t')
		goto restart;
	*field_begin = '\0';

	/* We've read the line; now parse it. */
	field_begin = line_buff;
	for (i = 0; i < 7; i++) {
		switch (i) {
		case 0:
			passwd.pw_name = field_begin;
			break;
		case 1:
			passwd.pw_passwd = field_begin;
			break;
		case 2:
			uid_ptr = field_begin;
			break;
		case 3:
			gid_ptr = field_begin;
			break;
		case 4:
			passwd.pw_gecos = field_begin;
			break;
		case 5:
			passwd.pw_dir = field_begin;
			break;
		case 6:
			passwd.pw_shell = field_begin;
			break;
		}
		if (i < 6) {
			field_begin = strchr(field_begin, ':');
			if (field_begin == NULL)
				goto restart;
			*field_begin++ = '\0';
		}
	}
	passwd.pw_gid = (gid_t) strtoul(gid_ptr, &endptr, 10);
	if (*endptr != '\0')
		goto restart;

	passwd.pw_uid = (uid_t) strtoul(uid_ptr, &endptr, 10);
	if (*endptr != '\0')
		goto restart;

	return &passwd;
}


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!--
     Copyright (C) 2012 The Android Open Source Project

     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
     you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
     You may obtain a copy of the License at

          http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

     Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
     distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
     WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
     See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
     limitations under the License.

-->
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/calendar_panel"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:minHeight="28dip"
    android:layout_weight="1"
    android:gravity="center_vertical"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:background="?android:attr/selectableItemBackground">

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/calendar_icon"
        android:src="@drawable/ic_lock_idle_calendar"
        android:padding="4dip"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="top"
        android:gravity="center" />

    <ListView
        android:id="@+id/calendar_list"
        android:layout_toRightOf="@id/calendar_icon"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:divider="#00000000" />
        <!-- items included dynamically -->

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/calendar_empty_view"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent" />

</RelativeLayout>


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Jack Brighton -
Fiction on The Wild Side
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Men from The Wild Side >
Paddy McGuire
Dylan Sinclair
Ralph Daley
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A random set of postings about my work. Things from the past, what I'm working on now, future projects, and all the peripherals that go with being an author. Happy to be directed, but never controlled.
Back at The Wild Side
Posting some blogs is all very well, but it's nothing compared to actually going there. And yesterday I walked back into The Wild Side, disguised as Gangster Gaz.
I've been there nine times before for a night out, but I'm far from bored with the club. If anything it gets better the more I go back, revisiting parts that are forever changing, and discovering new things. And it's always interesting to see it through new eyes. And Gaz's eyes are very dark. He's not a typical visitor.
So how will this night at The Wild Side go?
Well I know what will happen in the club. At least in outline plan. There are five chapters at a minimum to be set there, and each one has been sketched out in draft. But the pleasure of being in The Wild Side is all about the detail. What has Barry got lined up in The Fantasy Zone? What show will take place on the main stage? Is there some raunchy piece of play going on? Will Gaz meet some interesting people - past characters making a cameo appearance, or Wild Side staples there for a purpose. Will he take a liking to anyone in particular. What will capture Gaz's interest the most?
Well the answers are simple - whatever I decide. It's my club after all, and it's my book I'm writing. Gaz will see what I want him to see, which is probably what I want to see myself. He'll be shocked at times, but I suspect he'll like most of it. Whether he admits this is another matter. Because Gaz hasn't come to see The Wild Side as such. He's come with a grudge, and to have it out with owner - a certain Angus MacLeod.
Summer is over, and I'm back at work. But October should be a fun month, because I'm going to be spending a lot of time in The Wild Side.
Who's a lucky boy then?
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Best Gamepad for Oculus Go
Whether you're looking for the best headset or the best gamepad for your headset, we've tried just about everything and we know just what to look for when improving our VR experience. If you're looking for the most comfortable and affordable gamepads to use with your Oculus Go we've found the best options.
Russell Holly and Essa Kidwell
Best Gamepad for Oculus Go Android Central 2020
The SteelSeries Stratus XL is the perfect gamepad to use with your Oculus Go. It's comfortable and extremely familiar in style. If you're looking for a little more control when it comes to your virtual reality (VR) gaming then you want this gamepad!
SteelSeries Stratus XL
Trusted quality control
SteelSeries focused on comfort and capability, which makes this pad an incredible choice for the Oculus Go. It has all the quality of a major console controller and has 40 hours of battery life before you need to swap out.
$60 at Best Buy
Why use a gamepad with your Oculus Go?
Some horror games like Doors of Silence have gamepad compatibility options you might want to take advantage of, and there are other games where normal Oculus controls straight up don't work. In cases like that, it's nice to have a gamepad on hand for you to substitute with so you can still play your favorite titles.
While the Oculus Go comes with its own remote there are plenty of VR games you play on this headset that require or are enhanced by a good ol' fashioned gamepad. Minecraft is a perfect example. It's just not as enjoyable to play Minecraft with a motion controller. This is why Oculus supports games and gamers who prefer this gameplay mechanic.
Compatible with Android devices
Compatible with Windows 7 and up
Comfortable and familiar
Reasons not to buy
Bluetooth adapter sold separately
Uses batteries instead of being rechargable
Make all forms of mobile gaming more comfortable
The folks at SteelSeries have a long history of quality controllers for mobile platforms and the Stratus XL kicks that up a notch. It pairs instantly to your phone and works with dozens of Oculus games right out of the box. Stratus XL is an all-around quality gamepad with a layout that is easy to remember when your eyes are in VR.
SteelSeries is familiar, easy to use, and perfect for VR.
Three things matter the most when it comes to a VR-friendly gamepad — comfort, battery life, and durability — and SteelSeries has checked all three boxes with the Stratus XL. This is an Xbox-esque gamepad that looks and feels familiar with a button layout you will quickly become comfortable with despite not being able to look down at it while in VR. This gamepad will easily survive the occasional drop when you are spooked in VR thanks to its rugged plastic design. The use of standard thumbsticks means the chances of breaking them on a drop is unlikely.
On average, this controller will get you through 40 hours of constant use. The only way you're changing the batteries in this controller once a week is if you are really and truly invested in games like Minecraft, and we applaud you. If you do run out of power in the middle of a game, a pair of AA batteries will have you back up and running in no time.
Alternatives to the SteelSeries Stratus XL
You want to make sure you're choosing the best option for you, and great as the SteelSeries Stratus Xl is, it's not for everyone. These are the best alternative options for you to find what fits your budget and priorities.
Moga Hero Power
Portability above all
This gamepad is compatible with both your Oculus Go and Android devices. It uses a micro USB charging cable and features dual analog sticks, four action buttons, triggers, a D-pad, and menu option buttons, everything you need to play any game you want!
Having an Xbox-style gamepad is great for familiarity, but the Oculus Go is a portable virtual reality platform. It makes sense that you'd want the gamepad to be equally as portable. The Moga Hero Power stows in a bag easily and doesn't take up a ton of space. It also features buttons and joysticks that are nearly flush with the casing and shorter palm grips that flow in line with the rest of the body. This gamepad also doubles as a more traditional phone gamepad with its foldable phone clip! That means when you're not using it for your Oculus Go you can still use it with your phone for mobile games.
Value pick
IPEGA controller
Multi-functional gamepad
The IPEGA is compatible with any Android phone, tablet, or VR headset that supports Bluetooth 2.0 or higher. You can customize your key-mapping and enjoy the controls of two joysticks, a D-pad, option buttons, action buttons, and L1, L2, R1, R2 shoulder triggers.
IPEGA makes a bunch of gamepads for tablets and phones alike, but this smaller controller is perfect to use with the Oculus Go. The battery is rated for 10 hours of gameplay, and the auto-off feature ensures you'll only be using power when you're actually playing. If you want a better Oculus Go gameplay experience without spending a ton, the IPEGA has you covered.
If you're looking for console-class gaming on your Oculus Go, SteelSeries Stratus XL is where you want to spend your money. 40 hours of gameplay is quite a feat when it comes to playing your favorite games in VR. No one wants to change a battery in the middle of gameplay and the Stratus XL reduces the need to. It's comfortable, affordable, and familiar, and since it feels like an Xbox controller you'll have no problem adjusting to its style. You can even use it with your Android devices, and that makes it a very useful controller to have in your home.
Credits — The team that worked on this guide
Essa Kidwell is an expert in all things VR and mobile devices who can always be found with an Oculus Go around their neck. Outside of creating stories for Dystopia Rising, they're always taking apart their tech and finding new ways to have fun on their Pixel 2! Find them on Twitter @OriginalSluggo.
Russell Holly Russell is a Contributing Editor at Android Central. He's a former server admin who has been using Android since the HTC G1, and quite literally wrote the book on Android tablets. You can usually find him chasing the next tech trend, much to the pain of his wallet. Find him on Twitter.
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This book was written by the granddaughter of Eleni Gatzoyiannis, the subject of the superb book of the same name, and which was made into a movie. Eleni Gage, her granddaughter and an American, has penned an eloquent and moving account of her life and her odyssey to the village in Greece where her grandmother was murdered. Back to rebuild the home her family lived in at the time of the Greek Civil War (1946-49). We're treated to delightful snippets of family lore so rigidly clung to in many immigrant families. Despite her successful life in New York, Ms. Gage felt drawn to her roots and to rebuild her grandmother's razed home, despite the "warnings" of her aunts back in Massachusetts. Ms. Gage paints an amazing picture of the village of Lia in northern Greece, and we get to know the characters making up the villagers, their beliefs and superstitions, their habits, the celebrations, and day to day living. Just when I'd formed my own pictures in my mind, I came across some expressive black and white photographs, not only of the new house, but also the people! What a treat. Greek customs are explained and this wonderful little village truly comes to life. You feel the young Eleni has done well by her grandmother. Eleni's father, Nicholas Gage, wrote the book Eleni. This should also be made into a movie.
Conclusion - Charming and beautifully written.


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Adult Safeguarding - What is Hate Crime?
A victim does not have to be a member of the group at which the hostility is targeted. In fact, anyone could be a victim of a hate crime. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals could face additional concerns around homophobia and gender discrimination. There may be concern that individuals would not be recognised as victims or be believed and taken seriously.
Abusers may also control their victims, threatening to 'out' them to friends, family or support agencies.
Hate incidents include actions that do not constitute a criminal offence. However such incidents can feel like crimes to those who suffer them and often escalate to crimes or tension in a community. The police can only prosecute when the law is broken but can work with partners to try and prevent any escalation in seriousness.
Hate crime and incidents may involve physical attacks, verbal abuse, domestic abuse, harassment, damage to property, bullying or graffiti.


Grammy Award winning singer James Ingram died January 29 at the age of 66. While no official cause of death has been revealed, reports are that Ingram died as a result of brain cancer.
Along with his numerous solo hits, Ingram had hit songs with Patti Austin, Linda Ronstadt, Patty Smyth, Dolly Parton, and Michael McDonald. He also worked with Ray Charles, Anita Baker, Donna Summer, Marvin Gaye, Natalie Cole, Kenny Rogers, and Nancy Wilson.
Ingram began his career in 1973 not as a solo artist but as a part of Revelation Funk – a band formed with some college mates in Akron. He also played keyboards for Ray Charles, was the keyboard player for The Coasters, and as Leon Haywood's musical director. Later he collaborated with Quincy Jones; co-writing the Michael Jackson hit "PYT: Pretty Young Thing", "The Secret Garden", and was a part of the fund raising song "We Are the World".
Ingram released his final album in 2008 "Stand (in the Light)".
Along with a variety of reality competition programs and award shows, Ingram's music can be heard on numerous films and television programs including "Scandal", "Grey's Anatomy", "Glee", "CSI: NY", "New York Undercover", "Forget Paris", "Beethoven's 2nd", "City Slickers", "An American Tail", "The Color Purple", "Fast Forward", and "Best Friends".
He also made a few appearances as an actor in "End of the Road", "The Fearless Four", "Quincy Jones: The Secret Garden", "An American Tail", and "Dolemite". As himself Ingram has appeared on award programs, variety shows, documentaries, talk shows, and various special program presentations.
He was born James Edward Ingram on February 16, 1952 in Akron, Ohio; one of six children born to a Deacon.